PAGE 8, WEDNESDAy, APRIL 28, 1976, WHJTBY FREE PRESS May86to 8 Davis and Lewis at m unicipal con ference uJiitarluio VIIIler vv iitiia Davis and Opposition Leader Stephien Lewis will be key- no te speakers at a large municipal conference to bc hield in Whitby May 6 to 8 at Iroquiois Park and 1leydenshore Pavilion. For the first lime, Whitby is acting as hosi to the 23rd annual conference of the Organization of Srnall Urban Municipalities Section of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario. The organization was founded in 1954 as the Town and Village Section of the OMA, one of the founders being Whitby's mayor ai Ihat time, Harry Jermiyn. Whitby's Town Clerk Bill Wallace, and Councillor Joy Thompson, one of the organizaîion's directors, have been working since Noveniber 1975 to , prepare for the conference. As of Thursday, 175 delegates had 'regisiered, but Mr. Wallace expecîs the final nuimber 10 reach 250, plus more than 10O0 spouses. The Organization of Sînal Urban Municipalities repre- sents Ontario municipalities with populations over 50,000. The delegates will have a get-acquainted evening ai Heydenshore Pavillon May 6, and the real business of the convention will begin at 9:30 a.m. sharp May 7 at the same location. The first item on the agenda 15 a workshop on the conference themne, "Public Participai on --The Vocal Minority VS The Silent Majority". Chairman of ibis workshop will be Mayor J. A. Heenan of Cobourg, and participants are Whi-t by's Councillor Thompson, and Ann GolcI of the Ontario Conference on Local Govenment., Following the workshop there will be a bus tour of Whitby's industrial areas and a reception at the Cenhennial Building. At 1: 15 p.m. thiere wil be lte official opening of.the conference at Heydenshore Pavilion, by President H. D. Logan, Mayor of Lindsay, and greetings by Whitby Mayor J im Garishore. This will be followed by ail address by Stephien Lewis, opposition leader and leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party. The afternoon will be taken ut ith a resolutions A. Andrews, an associate professor of science at the University of Toronto, whose topic will be thec environmeni. The proceedings of May 8 will begin with an early bird breakfast ,at Heydenshore Pavilion ai 8 a.mi. with the guest speaker being Robin Jeffrey, former niayor of Belleville. This meeting wiII be followed by a second' resolutions session, and a workshop on small urban tranisit systemns, under the chairmanship of Mayor J. L. Bawêuth of Paris. Participants are Dennis Callan, of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications; Gerald A. Stock, President of Travelways LImîteci; and Counicillor Tim Flynn of Lindsay.- Following the workshop there will be a display of vehicles. .The closing luncheon of the conference ai 1 p.m. at the Iroquois Park Arena will feature an address by Premier Davis. The premier will be provided with a guard of honor by the Ontario Regiment, says Mr. Wallace. The ladies' program con- sisîs of lrips 10 the Metro- politan Toronto Zoo, a tour of the Sklar furnilure plant in Whitby, and Parkwood Estahe in Oshawa, the former homne of the laie R. S. McLaughlin, President of General Motors of Canada. Anderson students join trouble shooting contest session, and ail address on the Top-raiecl attir ech Canada, wiî i die w inin9 role of the omnbudsmnan by students fromn Anderson t wo-nianitcamrs advaîicing 10 Gilles Morin, Director of Collegiate and 35 other the national trouble shooting Rural Agricuiltural and Muni- Ontario secondary and voca- finals to be held in Toronto, cipal Services with in the tionial schools dcmionstrated iThe ie 21 lu are23.i Bill Wallace, Whitby's Town Clerk has been working office of the Ombudsmnan. their skills irii te 1976 ecottasarcn- since last November to co-ordinate the 23rd annual Furîher business and a Chirysler Trouble Shootinjg peling l'or more thaîn S50.000 conference of SmalI Urban Municipalities, which will be receplion willfll, before Contest Monday aithte in scholarships, Irophies, held in Whitby May 6 *to 8. The conference, to be held at a banquet aithte Iroquois ('hrysler niational parts depot touIs and automiotive coin- HyesoePvlo n h rqosPr rnw Pak reaat7:0 .i.inMisssug. oe o hi shos a feature Ontario Premier William Davis and Opposition under the chiairmnansip of Thie conipetitions are two .%el a52,500 scholarship for Leader Stephen Lewis as speakers. The theme of the Mr. Logan. The speaker ai of 21 simîlar events being thie winniing teami ai the conference is "Public Participation--The Vocal Minority thle banquet w ill be William hield lu various cities across naitionail finials. VS the Small Majorîty".Tonf ht.bPoo No Wintario draw for Whitby m There will be no Wintario draw at the Whitby County Town Carnival, ibis year, the carnival commilîee has learned. Secreiary Mrs. Mildred Woodward said last week the commitîee had received -a leiter from the provincial governm enî decliningWhitby's -------- .....offer ho host the draw for Juily 22 ai the Iroquois Park Arena. Tlhe lether stated thai the governmrreni wanted regional representation for its draw and a* variehy of events are seleched for the draws. Y..~A special offer from the Apparently Whitby ino hrninnp-Itn f iht infinfinn. Christian fellowship meeting Friday A meeting ho discuss the formation of a Durham Region Christian Teachers Fellowship will be held Friday at 8 p.m. ah the Consumers Gas Building. Ail active and reti'red teachers . in the elementary, secondary or college systems in the area have been invited ho participate in this meeting. Guest speaker for the 'evening will be Arden Mertz, 'a heacher at ConestogaCollege in Kitchener and a youth worker. Mr. Mertz wil be ,speaking on "Happiness is beng a student". 1 . /lý